The Grit That Saved me: Fire, Failure and Getting Up Again

About this episode

In this solo episode, Leah Clancy discusses the importance of grit through personal stories of overcoming significant challenges.

Send us Fan Mail In this solo episode, I’m talking about grit—the unglamorous, sweaty, get-back-up-again kind. The kind that shows up when your house burns down. (Yep, that happened.) The kind that keeps you going when your catalog business tanks spectacularly. (Also me.) And the kind that lets you smile through a massively awkward, under-attended ballroom event where you hired a band, belly dancers, and booked a venue the size of a Costco… for 30 guests. I take you through the real stories t...

Topics covered

• grit
• resilience
• failure
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• fire
• failure
• business
• comeback

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